How dependent is the Philippines on Indonesia?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• Indonesia sells 19.9% of what the world exports of coal; next come Australia (33.5%), Russia (12.6%) and United States (10.6%). The rest of the world exported 44.1 times what the Philippines buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 5.2% of what the world exports of motorcycles; next come China (28.6%), Japan (10.4%) and Germany (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 38.2 times what the Philippines buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 5.5% of what the world exports of instant coffee and tea extracts; next come Germany (9%), Brazil (8%) and Vietnam (7.1%). The rest of the world exported 31.3 times what the Philippines buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 4.3% of what the world exports of motorcycle and bicycle parts; next come China (37%), Taiwan (12%) and Japan (6.7%). The rest of the world exported 67 times what the Philippines buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 15.9% of what the world exports of writing and printing paper; next come Portugal (9.3%), China (8.4%) and Germany (6.9%). The rest of the world exported 85.1 times what the Philippines buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 33.9% of what the world exports of coconut and palm kernel oil; next come Malaysia (15.4%), Netherlands (5.9%) and Thailand (2.3%). The rest of the world exported 27.4 times what the Philippines buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 15.7% of what the world exports of precious metal scrap; next come United States (22.2%), Belgium (5.5%) and United Kingdom (4.8%). The rest of the world exported 223.1 times what the Philippines buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 44.2% of what the world exports of industrial fatty acids; next come Malaysia (18.8%), Netherlands (7.5%) and Germany (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 94.4 times what the Philippines buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 0.86% of what the world exports of breakfast cereals; next come Germany (10.4%), United States (9.4%) and United Kingdom (7.9%). The rest of the world exported 158.7 times what the Philippines buys from Indonesia.
• Indonesia sells 14.5% of what the world exports of tissue paper stock; next come Turkey (11.3%), China (9.9%) and Italy (9.8%). The rest of the world exported 94.3 times what the Philippines buys from Indonesia.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

The Philippines is Indonesia’s 8th-largest customer, with 3.8% of its exports.

• Trade between the Philippines and Indonesia
• Who does the Philippines rely on?
• Who does Indonesia rely on?
• Dependence of the Philippines on China
• Dependence of the Philippines on Vietnam
• Dependence of the Philippines on Thailand
• Dependence of the Philippines on the United States
• Dependence of the Philippines on Japan
• Dependence of the Philippines on Singapore
• Dependence of the Philippines on Australia
• Dependence of the Philippines on Malaysia
• Trade profile of the Philippines
• Trade profile of Indonesia
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.